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>> the way things will be look bad -- will be looked at is that right now, we do not know what size the tunnel will be. a lot more study needs to be undertaken. and the future regulatory requirements will play into that. what we have looked at is the 30-foot tunnel gets us to 10 by itself. the greenwood also get us to 10. the issue we want to look at here is whether there is another combination. does 28 give us almost to 30 and with another combination of green? we have looked at this through triple bottom line and through the regulatory process to get us to that. we want to look the future flexibility requirements that the operators need to maintain system controlled during wet weather events. all of those things will be factored into the final analysis. >> so right now, that is a fuzzy number. we do not know what the requirement would have to be. >> fair enough. >> thank you. >> correct me if i am wrong, but i think the funniest part of its is the money that will be spent. you have put enough money in to cover either option. you may have more or less gray, more or less green in the el
>> the way things will be look bad -- will be looked at is that right now, we do not know what size the tunnel will be. a lot more study needs to be undertaken. and the future regulatory requirements will play into that. what we have looked at is the 30-foot tunnel gets us to 10 by itself. the greenwood also get us to 10. the issue we want to look at here is whether there is another combination. does 28 give us almost to 30 and with another combination of green? we have looked at this...
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this is a view of the square looking from across the street, macy's, and looking down, looking north on to the square and this is an identical view shown with the union square market street entrance tucked into the lower right of the photo, a little closer view of the same view. the actual station itself takes up about 1200 square feet of parkland where 950 square feet of that parkland is restored with a walk walk ble roof, so this is a shot of the view that you'd see from the actual square itself looking south over the walk able roof. and this is a view from the walk able roof looking east. and the next two slides are views of the station looking west from stockton. and that completes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions you might have. >> thank you. >> we do have public comment on this item, howard wong. >> honorable commissioner, my name is howard wong, i'm with same muni ..com, regarding the resolution square and subway station construction, there is a need to submit this approval and resolution to construct structure ins union square park to the voters under se
this is a view of the square looking from across the street, macy's, and looking down, looking north on to the square and this is an identical view shown with the union square market street entrance tucked into the lower right of the photo, a little closer view of the same view. the actual station itself takes up about 1200 square feet of parkland where 950 square feet of that parkland is restored with a walk walk ble roof, so this is a shot of the view that you'd see from the actual square...
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this is something we can look at geographic equity. the there is no reason to look at that. i'm excited to show you the proposal. i want to emphasize this is information. if you are happy, public and sponsors are happy, we are come back for approval with the strategic plan, along with first allocations. good morning, i'm chad tradman, transportation plan nr with the authority n. terms of the agenda this is 8, begins on page 83. maria did background in terms of bringing forward different pieces of development, the first strategic program. 150 million over the life of the program and establish three programmatic plans. construction, public safety and transit reliability and mobility improvements. the slide serves as a bit of table of contents for what the final plan will incrude. as maria mentioned, very much in some ways like the prop k plan with several key differences. maria hit on a couple so the prop plan will be shorter because it has overall smaller dollar amount. there is no financing assumed within the prop and simpler plan. the five-year priority plans for each of th
this is something we can look at geographic equity. the there is no reason to look at that. i'm excited to show you the proposal. i want to emphasize this is information. if you are happy, public and sponsors are happy, we are come back for approval with the strategic plan, along with first allocations. good morning, i'm chad tradman, transportation plan nr with the authority n. terms of the agenda this is 8, begins on page 83. maria did background in terms of bringing forward different pieces...
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we also have in the plan look to the future, look at what the future vehicle needs will be, how do we accommodate growth, how do we plan for significant projects we are investing in. so there are two types of things that can happen. there can be project specific changes, like the transit effectiveness project or central subway, which would lead to changes in the vehicle mix. the other is the projected growth within the city in terms of the number of jobs and the population within the city. so it is those combination of projects and growth factors that we look at to see how the fleet would need to change over time. so i will show you a few slides on how we build up that analysis. so the last time we estimated our long-term demand we looked out to the year 2030 and we forecast about a 46% increase in travel by transit, so this was the number of boardings that were made within the system. this is going from about 700,000 boardings on a typical weekday to over a million. so while there is a 40% increase in the number of boardings or trips taken on transit, doesn't translate directly to a
we also have in the plan look to the future, look at what the future vehicle needs will be, how do we accommodate growth, how do we plan for significant projects we are investing in. so there are two types of things that can happen. there can be project specific changes, like the transit effectiveness project or central subway, which would lead to changes in the vehicle mix. the other is the projected growth within the city in terms of the number of jobs and the population within the city. so...
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i'm looking at the map on page 4. it has the areas of expected growth and new housing units. 1800 planned around balboa park. i would expect that's not just in that little box area that's there, but surrounding area. in the past 10 years in district 11 we have had 6,000 new residents come in. so, there's growth that's happening. that isn't measured here in what we're projecting for the next, you know, 20 years. that i think is really something we have to take in consideration as we're planning. now, these numbers come from the regional level. we have to look at the reality of the local level as well. what does that mean in terms of our transportation plan? we have to make sure our transportation plan is actually put in place, the need to really up lift neighborhoods that don't have the infrastructure that we need. when you have fewer choices and you have to get somewhere and you have a car, you're going to get in your car because that's the only choice you have. and i think we have to be really cognizant of that, movi
i'm looking at the map on page 4. it has the areas of expected growth and new housing units. 1800 planned around balboa park. i would expect that's not just in that little box area that's there, but surrounding area. in the past 10 years in district 11 we have had 6,000 new residents come in. so, there's growth that's happening. that isn't measured here in what we're projecting for the next, you know, 20 years. that i think is really something we have to take in consideration as we're planning....
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to look like. >> thank you. i think that if i can summarize, i think we're still issuing an rfp that is more open to both long and short-term and we're going keep as to the highest priorities of the port, quick return of economic activity to the facility and this sort of long-term or medium-term, if you will -- i don't want to use "cosmetic," it seems to limiting, but cosmetic and fitting character for this portion of the waterfront and what it's becoming >> the position of pier is a terrific position. i hate to see that we just let it go. >> right. >> commissioner adams, any questions or comments? >> no. i like for if to come back and i agree with commissioner brandon. we have to look at our options, whether short-term or long-term. so i would like for you to get back to us. thank you. >> thank you. item 9c, informational update on status of port infrastructure work tenant relocation and other port obligations under the lease disposition agreement in preparation for the 34th america's cup events in 2012 and 201
to look like. >> thank you. i think that if i can summarize, i think we're still issuing an rfp that is more open to both long and short-term and we're going keep as to the highest priorities of the port, quick return of economic activity to the facility and this sort of long-term or medium-term, if you will -- i don't want to use "cosmetic," it seems to limiting, but cosmetic and fitting character for this portion of the waterfront and what it's becoming >> the position...
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>> over the next dwraoer and as we look at the 2012 data, look at that in the context of how much more work do we need to do, have the results changed significantly as we hope they will, and also get olse's assessment on what further resources they might need. >> i would respectfully disagree, i don't think we have to wait and see that a report con firs many of us already know which is that this is a problem and i would hope that we would be supportive and we would get support from the mayor's office so that the verification is not complaint-driven because complaint-driven verification is reactive, it's not proactive, i think we need to be proactive and that's the question, would the mayor's office be commit today a proactive verification so we are not waiting until we know that something's a problem to do? -- something? >> what the different innovative ways that we do outreach more extensively, to educate employers about what their responsibilities are and to educate employees of what their rights are. >> again, no answer to proactive verification. >> i will continue with the mayor's
>> over the next dwraoer and as we look at the 2012 data, look at that in the context of how much more work do we need to do, have the results changed significantly as we hope they will, and also get olse's assessment on what further resources they might need. >> i would respectfully disagree, i don't think we have to wait and see that a report con firs many of us already know which is that this is a problem and i would hope that we would be supportive and we would get support from...
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water, you look at the soccer game behind me, you look at the playground behind you, you look at the tennis court and is the basketball courts and you look at the clubhouse, this park is awesome. (music). >> thank you, that concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> no. >> good afternoon, commissioners, phil, manager of recreation and park department. beautiful little multimedia video display of events so forth going on in san francisco's multitude of parks and recreation areas, and great to hear john avalos talk about how important a resource our recreation and parks are, but at the same time, we should be aware that the state of california really doesn't care about parks and its citizens, in fact, they routine any rip us off and say there's funds that aren't there when they are there, and this is the motus operendi for the state of california to act regardless for what san francisco feels and then they act like communists and they say we're going to tell you what you need in your park, we're going to tell you how to run you
water, you look at the soccer game behind me, you look at the playground behind you, you look at the tennis court and is the basketball courts and you look at the clubhouse, this park is awesome. (music). >> thank you, that concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> no. >> good afternoon, commissioners, phil, manager of recreation and park department. beautiful little multimedia video display of events so...
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lane, can we look at? >> yes, that's a challenge. >> thank you. >> you have a number of members of the public to address this item. >> if okay with the board, i would like to let this woman with the child speak before me. has been waiting a long time. >> suspend the rules of order. >> good afternoon to you both. >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for the people that put this together. >> would you tell us your name? >> amanda pupnikles, i live on s masonic, and have lived there three years. and for years i have been concerned about the street in question. as a bicyclist it's scary. i feel vulnerable and defenseless. there is not a lot of consciousness about bikes there. the boulevard plan i think it will be great. for what san francisco values in terms of being eco and green and asthetically pretty. and safe. it's not a safe place and doesn't feel safe. thank you. >> mr. patele. >> abraham amadra. >> thank you, i am neal patel, a member of the san francisco bicycle coalition. we have been working t
lane, can we look at? >> yes, that's a challenge. >> thank you. >> you have a number of members of the public to address this item. >> if okay with the board, i would like to let this woman with the child speak before me. has been waiting a long time. >> suspend the rules of order. >> good afternoon to you both. >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for the people that put this together. >> would you tell us your name? >> amanda...
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i think there's some simple things we could look at, how to activate those plaza. i'm interested in looking at multi-level transpairnlsy on the street, really take being -- market street is the one street in the city where you could look at more just street level activity that helps activate the street, creating some transparency, some physical transparency between private buildings and the public street. having storefront second building open up, having a blurred line between public and private along the edge of that street. i also think it would be great for us to start talking about the public art component of the street and having some really dramatic sort of interactive public art i think would add to the street. so it's a fun time to be doing this and i really look forward to discussions in the coming months. thank you. >> president fong: thank you. commissioner moore. >> commissioner moore: i want to also say that i think we new he to be very careful looking at the rapid spread of formula retail. i think to activate and make market street the destination it
i think there's some simple things we could look at, how to activate those plaza. i'm interested in looking at multi-level transpairnlsy on the street, really take being -- market street is the one street in the city where you could look at more just street level activity that helps activate the street, creating some transparency, some physical transparency between private buildings and the public street. having storefront second building open up, having a blurred line between public and...
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so we have to look at abuses from all sides . thank you, miss johnson. >> it's kind of an odd question for me, because i don't like the idea of doing this in certain areas. i live in a building where we have about, i don't know, 30 units. and i don't like the idea that somebody down the hall from me could just have random people coming in. and staying there. i mean, if they want to take a chance that maybe if it's only two units and the other people agree, but i'm not supportive of this, even if it brought in revenue. i think it's not a good idea. if there is revenue around -- if it is going to be allowed, then i think they should collect the revenue on it. but i am not sure it's worth it and i think it would pose more of a problem. we already have a shortfall in our policing, and in safety, and i just don't think it's a good idea. >> yes, i mean, i come on both sides. it's nice to be able to open your city up to people from other places, and have them have a living experience here, which i think is different than staying in a ho
so we have to look at abuses from all sides . thank you, miss johnson. >> it's kind of an odd question for me, because i don't like the idea of doing this in certain areas. i live in a building where we have about, i don't know, 30 units. and i don't like the idea that somebody down the hall from me could just have random people coming in. and staying there. i mean, if they want to take a chance that maybe if it's only two units and the other people agree, but i'm not supportive of this,...
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i'm not going to go too much into details, perhaps you can take a look at them. in addition to just the numerous discrepancies, i would also like to show you some other weigh bills that i found that were somewhat problematic. if you look at these two particular dates here, okay, one is dated may 22, 2009, black and white checker cap in the lowing goe -- logo at the top, it ascertains he drove that shift, if you look at the weigh bills, there's a total of ten fares, the destination, pier 3009 in the amount of 20 dollars, now i'm going to shift over to the other weigh bill, now this one is dated may 15, 2009, again, it's got mr. kipnis' signature, if you look at the fares again, it is exactly written the same way but it is reversed, it reverses and it is exactly the same pattern for every single fare which is ten fare ins that particular weigh bill, these are duplicate fa -- fares, it is the same, that's one of the examples that i would like to show. again, for the record, it's may 22 and may 15th, two separate dates. in my next evidence, i would like to show, ther
i'm not going to go too much into details, perhaps you can take a look at them. in addition to just the numerous discrepancies, i would also like to show you some other weigh bills that i found that were somewhat problematic. if you look at these two particular dates here, okay, one is dated may 22, 2009, black and white checker cap in the lowing goe -- logo at the top, it ascertains he drove that shift, if you look at the weigh bills, there's a total of ten fares, the destination, pier 3009 in...
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down and doing those reimbursements, what are the best practices and also looking at likely would be within the pool of employers that olse has investigated, what are the barrierser because olse will be doing direct files of those employees regardless, so we'll have more findings in the coming months and i will share that with the board. >> he wanted to get a sense of and members of the board wanted to work from the foundation of data in addition to the anecdote tam information so we look forward to the 2011 report being a good baseline and looking at that comparison coming out of the 2012 report, i think the mayor does trust what businesses currently report and it really is that trust that verified approach that we as a city espouse, we have many departments with data, and looking at creating avenues within departments for how they do that verification, and i think ultimately we will never be able to fully staff to do all the enforcement that we would love to do, so i think it's looking at how do we look at our resources wisely to do that and i think it's watching closely as olse do
down and doing those reimbursements, what are the best practices and also looking at likely would be within the pool of employers that olse has investigated, what are the barrierser because olse will be doing direct files of those employees regardless, so we'll have more findings in the coming months and i will share that with the board. >> he wanted to get a sense of and members of the board wanted to work from the foundation of data in addition to the anecdote tam information so we look...
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that is something we're looking at. we think the feasibility of doing small sites acquisition of existing buildings is of higher feasibility and building small sites. we're going to look at both new construction as well as acquisition rehab as part of the small sites program. commissioner moore: i am glad you are saying that. thank you. commissioner antonini: thank you. i had the same question about the process, a little bit about the charter amendment and this is being a legislative peace in my assumption was since it was a modification of existing legislation as opposed to de novo creation of the amendment, it takes into consideration existing entities in policy is pretty much a new piece of legislation so that is probably why this is in this format. i am supportive regardless. i would make a motion to approve. >> second. commissioner wu: i wanted to add another element to the conversation. concerns that supervisor campos the office brought up. i assume that the mayor's office of housing is willing to continue the con
that is something we're looking at. we think the feasibility of doing small sites acquisition of existing buildings is of higher feasibility and building small sites. we're going to look at both new construction as well as acquisition rehab as part of the small sites program. commissioner moore: i am glad you are saying that. thank you. commissioner antonini: thank you. i had the same question about the process, a little bit about the charter amendment and this is being a legislative peace in...
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this is a closer look at the actual easement area. and there are some physical items to be removed as part of the on going construction. the funds return to the department of jurisdiction which in this case is the sfpuc. i that commission approved the conveyance and the materials in the packet on the resolution. of course the background for the project as most likely know is the crescent heights residential development and addressed at 1407 and 1435 market street and it has mart street address even though it's off jesse street. the exact location is where my pen it and it's dark. sorry about that. it's a night time shot. this is what you will currently look like under construction if you of by the site. i am electric to answer any questions. >> >> anyone from the public wish to speak? can we move this forward without recommendation? >> i believe mr. chair this is coming out of committee report tomorrow. >> with no objection move on september 25, 2012. without objection? mis miller, please call item number two. >> item two is adopting
this is a closer look at the actual easement area. and there are some physical items to be removed as part of the on going construction. the funds return to the department of jurisdiction which in this case is the sfpuc. i that commission approved the conveyance and the materials in the packet on the resolution. of course the background for the project as most likely know is the crescent heights residential development and addressed at 1407 and 1435 market street and it has mart street address...
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that's one issue that i would truly look at. thank you. >> thank you. >> yes parking here in san francisco is a major cash cow for local government. they raise close to $200 million in revenue from parking here and the variable meters in my opinion is just another gimmick. it parks close to $6 an hour to park at a meter on any given day it's ridiculous. i am opposed to the variable rate meters and would take the residential permit one step further and allow those people to be allowed to use the parking permits to park on meters in shopping areas so i would propose that i am definitely opposed to send meters and saturday meters. it's a deterrent to patronizing small business. >> okay. the resulting economy has resulted in internet base for short term rentals and many of the rentals are illegal and the hotel tax is not collected. should the city legalize some or all of the arrangements and collect a hotel tax and we will begin with you -- i will be glad to repeat the question. >> i honestly don't know how you would enforce a law l
that's one issue that i would truly look at. thank you. >> thank you. >> yes parking here in san francisco is a major cash cow for local government. they raise close to $200 million in revenue from parking here and the variable meters in my opinion is just another gimmick. it parks close to $6 an hour to park at a meter on any given day it's ridiculous. i am opposed to the variable rate meters and would take the residential permit one step further and allow those people to be...
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we look at requests, also look at which countdown signals are missing, just like the chair mentioned. sometimes we have count down crossing the major street, not necessarily the side street or vice versa. if this is where the signals are crossing major street that does receive priority from our priorityization tool. we look at the corridor, is this the only intersection that doesn't have count down signals. that receives a point to help us prioritize the locations. the key thing happening now is with the paving projects throughout the city, it is a great opportunity to coordinate to put down conduits, put down signal hardware that eliminates us having to disrupt neighborhood twice. two, it also makes for savings in terms of the paving project, not necessarily having to be installed by a stand-alone signal project. >> this shows our current status in terms of countdown signals, about 1,200 throughout the city. about three-quarters have signals all around. we are working on the pie chart that shows where we don't have countdown signals, or some that have partial. we have 55 that i menti
we look at requests, also look at which countdown signals are missing, just like the chair mentioned. sometimes we have count down crossing the major street, not necessarily the side street or vice versa. if this is where the signals are crossing major street that does receive priority from our priorityization tool. we look at the corridor, is this the only intersection that doesn't have count down signals. that receives a point to help us prioritize the locations. the key thing happening now...
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of why certain things look the way they look. as we get clarity, we will all be very clear about what are the actual expenses, and how do we mitigate those expenses with increased instructional capacity for students with disabilities? this is really an exciting time for us, although there are concerns about the transition in leadership. it was a very smooth transition and her team has remained intact. every year, we are building more and more capacity. my commitment is that we will keep this at the front of the burners and that we don't forget this is a priority to increase the instructional course. i want to thank all the members of the special ed see a sea. >> roll call, please. [roll call vote] >> six ayes. >> ok. thank you very much. ok. i now call the public hearing for the initaial proposal for a successor agreement for the craft unions for locals 718, 377, 66, 40, 42, 104, 38, 1314, 1176. the superintendent or designee. address the proposal. >> and both sides have sunshine of their proposals. our joint craft unions, you he
of why certain things look the way they look. as we get clarity, we will all be very clear about what are the actual expenses, and how do we mitigate those expenses with increased instructional capacity for students with disabilities? this is really an exciting time for us, although there are concerns about the transition in leadership. it was a very smooth transition and her team has remained intact. every year, we are building more and more capacity. my commitment is that we will keep this at...
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and that looks like in terms of a graphic -- we love our graphics so this is what it looks like. the challenged schools are the schools doing great. 900 api. they're rolling. they may have sub groups but doing well. benchmarks are doing almost as well and strategic schools need some support and intensive support schools are the schools if not for one or two sub groups or points could be part of the superintendent zone portfolio schools with the most difficult challenges and then of course the most intensive level of support is in the superintendent zone and we provide additional resources and support. again we want to thank you for your attention. we went through a lot of information in a very short amount of time but again we wanted to celebrate the small wins and the big accomplishments and ladies and gentlemen that are listening at home and those here in the audience what we do not want to leave the public with is the misinterpretation of this dat that less funding allows you increase student achievement. we are at a critical junctionure in california and san francisco and wer
and that looks like in terms of a graphic -- we love our graphics so this is what it looks like. the challenged schools are the schools doing great. 900 api. they're rolling. they may have sub groups but doing well. benchmarks are doing almost as well and strategic schools need some support and intensive support schools are the schools if not for one or two sub groups or points could be part of the superintendent zone portfolio schools with the most difficult challenges and then of course the...
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. >> you are just specifying looking at the parking? >> i'm just trying to get a standpoint of all the land that is supposedly the port. regardless of how we lease it out, ground lease or direct or how are we using it? how much is parking? how much is used for various uses? so get a feel for how the mix of real estate is being is deployed from the public's view point regardless of how it's actually being managed? just to get a sense of characteristics over time will look like different from today? >> we can provide that to you. certainly. >> i think i had one last question. when you gave us the tenure, i guess that was on the direct leasing and not on the ground lease is that correct? so the remaining tenure isn't reflected here or is did included? >> i'm sorry, the ten? >> the remaining term. >> and i think my interpretation was that that was just for the direct leases, not for the ground leases. or were the ground leases included? >> the ground leases are included in there. that is probably why you see such a large percentage? >> so t
. >> you are just specifying looking at the parking? >> i'm just trying to get a standpoint of all the land that is supposedly the port. regardless of how we lease it out, ground lease or direct or how are we using it? how much is parking? how much is used for various uses? so get a feel for how the mix of real estate is being is deployed from the public's view point regardless of how it's actually being managed? just to get a sense of characteristics over time will look like...
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>> no, i look forward to it. next item. >> 6d, update on other technology projects. >> in the last month we have tried to improve our 3r and records request process. cóywe now have been accepting 3 requests over the web. we did that are doing more, in terms of making the form easierñr, the process workázr better. but we immediately put on our w3website and on the side that people canirzp)e acceptiq g>ñwe will provide them by e-ma. we have not had that many requests for+jop'd it is interesting. we get complaints
>> no, i look forward to it. next item. >> 6d, update on other technology projects. >> in the last month we have tried to improve our 3r and records request process. cóywe now have been accepting 3 requests over the web. we did that are doing more, in terms of making the form easierñr, the process workázr better. but we immediately put on our w3website and on the side that people canirzp)e acceptiq g>ñwe will provide them by e-ma. we have not had that many requests...
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for is a new continuance so we can look for a new plan. they also wanted radnoto add sqe feet. goothat is what we have with the new dimensions and having been handed an offer. gthank you. >> there is no second dr requester. i have a bunch of cards here. >> being that we are close to an agreement connor yaho, we will m speak, because we want to keep them down to the issues and reach accommodation. goowe also have a proposal by moving some of those windows into another direction. good >> point of order. you want to call one person. >> just a few people here again we want to reach an accommodation with the project sponsor and an agreement that could terminate this meeting fast. they can speak as well. >> i am going to ask those speakers if you want to line up on this side, they will have three minutes each. calling now, speakers in favor of the dr. >> whoever is ready. >> mr. donahue has of me to comment on behalf of the project sponsor that we are very close to what we think is an acceptable project to the dr requester, and if we could save
for is a new continuance so we can look for a new plan. they also wanted radnoto add sqe feet. goothat is what we have with the new dimensions and having been handed an offer. gthank you. >> there is no second dr requester. i have a bunch of cards here. >> being that we are close to an agreement connor yaho, we will m speak, because we want to keep them down to the issues and reach accommodation. goowe also have a proposal by moving some of those windows into another direction. good...
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if the ground floor supports the housing and it is interesting to look at, so much the better but how do we, and this is the second comment from myself as well as anyone else, how do we look up because the ground floors are -- shall we say uninteresting with the exception of course of the m cc ssky which is interesting on the ground floor, the ground floors are an important part of the character and i hope they are supporting the housing above. it is an important issue for this mixed use neighborhood. if i had my ideal -- if i had all the money in the world, i'd buy these buildings up and make them permanently affordable but i don't have all the money, so i just have my wish, but when you go to other cities, particularly when you go to europe and you see buildings of this beauty and they are beautiful, above the ground floor, they generally have plaque in them and your attention is drawn to them and that's my big problem is how do you make people appreciate these buildings and they are wonderful buildings. and i'm hoping that the owners of the ground floor will figure out a way or may
if the ground floor supports the housing and it is interesting to look at, so much the better but how do we, and this is the second comment from myself as well as anyone else, how do we look up because the ground floors are -- shall we say uninteresting with the exception of course of the m cc ssky which is interesting on the ground floor, the ground floors are an important part of the character and i hope they are supporting the housing above. it is an important issue for this mixed use...
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. >> well, yeah, i'm surprised, okay, i'm not sure why these totals, this looks to me like 55 on here but somebody has 112, 97 on here, maybe it's in another direction, i'm not sure, these plans have two different height ts, we're dealing with 55 feet then. that makes more sense. okay, thank you. >> commissioner hillis? >> i think its concern is that the comments we heard from the marsh, from the project sponsor, we have this list of mitigation and kind of what they'd like to see happen during construction and before construction, have you had a chance to look at this? >> commissioner, we've had a couple of meetings with them and we're over there with their operations manager and we told them now is the time to get started on this, is there a drainage issue, we actually suggested putting in an operable sky light to augment the one window they have back there. ventilation, they have a non-compliant ventilation system that goes down that drops down into their theatre that has no back holes or anything on it. they have a 7 inch hole in the wall, this is all easy to fix stuff and we've as
. >> well, yeah, i'm surprised, okay, i'm not sure why these totals, this looks to me like 55 on here but somebody has 112, 97 on here, maybe it's in another direction, i'm not sure, these plans have two different height ts, we're dealing with 55 feet then. that makes more sense. okay, thank you. >> commissioner hillis? >> i think its concern is that the comments we heard from the marsh, from the project sponsor, we have this list of mitigation and kind of what they'd like to...
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this is where we look at other measures other than the california standards test, so we look at all other measures that occurred during the year, and summarized here. the first one is attendance. attendance is percent instruction time. at every elementary, midland level there is slight increase in the instructional time showing more students are attending. suspension rates have been going down thanks to our efforts in restorative practices, and you can see it moved from 7.4 percent down to 7.2 percent. the designation rates with all of the efforts with the department in having students get redesignated when they are eligible for redesignation you see a rapid increase when the last two years we have actually doubled our rate. on the other federal measures -- one is definitely the amao which is annual measurable achievement objectives so on the english language development test we saw movement of 64% of the english learner students demonstrated growth. on the california high school exit exam we saw 84% of grade ten students passing one or both sections. last but not the least were the satis
this is where we look at other measures other than the california standards test, so we look at all other measures that occurred during the year, and summarized here. the first one is attendance. attendance is percent instruction time. at every elementary, midland level there is slight increase in the instructional time showing more students are attending. suspension rates have been going down thanks to our efforts in restorative practices, and you can see it moved from 7.4 percent down to 7.2...
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i am glad to the developers is looking at putting at connection, but if you look carefully at that, i believe it does not cut it. it is through an existing service door, down a very narrow corridor, down a service stair. it is really not something that one would consider a public grand entrance. to i realize there are lots of historic constraints, but if the project architects put on their creative caps, they can come up with interesting ways to activate this connection and make it much more public. commissioner wu: thank you. >> i am also very active with the neighborhood associations transportation and planning committee. it is wonderful to see this project after all the work that has gone into it finally progressing to this final stage. the gentleman who spoke who said this was his first meeting, rightly identified one of the trade marks of this commission, really sticking to detail. while i broadly supports many of the changes that have been made to make this a much better project, i will still challenge you to take a closer look at some elements before you issue your final approv
i am glad to the developers is looking at putting at connection, but if you look carefully at that, i believe it does not cut it. it is through an existing service door, down a very narrow corridor, down a service stair. it is really not something that one would consider a public grand entrance. to i realize there are lots of historic constraints, but if the project architects put on their creative caps, they can come up with interesting ways to activate this connection and make it much more...
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park would look like a grassy area. it is important to have the community garden. you need an area whereon the grg on concrete. people want that kind of experience, and i think if you are spending most of your time in there, and your exterior spaces within the confines of the project, i certainly hope the landscape architect can design something like that. i see a constant change of elevation on waller, but i do not see a large area where there could be a sitting area with some grass where people could enjoy themselves. i would like to see the work into the plans. the only other thing i see is that some people said it looked holiday einn-ish. i know it will be better when it is finished, but whatever we can do to make it richer in design, that would be great. >> i am also supportive of the project. i like seeing senior housing on site. i would be supportive of a condition to have a connection to the north, recognize the need to make that walkway as inviting and as obvious as possible. i wonder if staff are ready to answ
park would look like a grassy area. it is important to have the community garden. you need an area whereon the grg on concrete. people want that kind of experience, and i think if you are spending most of your time in there, and your exterior spaces within the confines of the project, i certainly hope the landscape architect can design something like that. i see a constant change of elevation on waller, but i do not see a large area where there could be a sitting area with some grass where...
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they are looking at year end of giving to be key. obviously that is the time when they do a lot of giving. hopefully the dove tail, followed by good followup will result in realization of more funds over the course of the next three months that. is my prepared remarks but i'm happy to answer questions about any of that. >> thank you. why don't we go to the budget analyst report. >> good morning, chair chu, members of the committee. as we say on page five of our report. i won't repeat too much of it. mr. martin had to say. is that this revised da, the one thing it does is transfers responsibility for obtaining the security from the acoc to the city. he spelled out the exposure of the city there would be in terms of cash 2.4 million dollars that would need to be put into the cash collateral or escrow immediately that may or may not be used. also another $1 million the city would have to come up with in terms of paying the premium on the $5 million insurance policy that the organizing committee will obtain. these are in the budget, are
they are looking at year end of giving to be key. obviously that is the time when they do a lot of giving. hopefully the dove tail, followed by good followup will result in realization of more funds over the course of the next three months that. is my prepared remarks but i'm happy to answer questions about any of that. >> thank you. why don't we go to the budget analyst report. >> good morning, chair chu, members of the committee. as we say on page five of our report. i won't...
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just to give you an idea of what it really looks like. there is a time lapse. that is before we started the demolition friday. now there is the street going away. it actually was completed about 4:00 on friday with fine grading going into the evening and more prep work. it starts to get dark here eventually. worked through the night on preparing the sub grade on where the bridge was placed. and early saturday morning they started the picks. most of the picks were done by two cranes so it had to be closely coordinated. you can see them placed in tandem to replace the bridge sections. the workers went to work on welding those two sections together. and the final place was about 5:00 saturday afternoon. the final piece went in. the welders worked on through the night. in order to prepare it for opening we also had to backfill on both sides. that took place partially saturday night overnight, as well as during the day sunday. early sunday morning they started paving. don't you wish all the highway construction projects could go this fast? this was taken from the tr
just to give you an idea of what it really looks like. there is a time lapse. that is before we started the demolition friday. now there is the street going away. it actually was completed about 4:00 on friday with fine grading going into the evening and more prep work. it starts to get dark here eventually. worked through the night on preparing the sub grade on where the bridge was placed. and early saturday morning they started the picks. most of the picks were done by two cranes so it had to...
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is going to look like come the fall. we ask the staff to explore some of the questions that were brought up. last night to look at this more broadly and to really think about not only the proposal that was brought forward but what our intentions are for i.s.a. and how it connects to some of the -- just the larger picture of the school district. so our request is to have this heard at the next committee and again with the pressure of wanting to be able to work through this before the enrollment fair and superintendent, we appreciate that you did hold this off and that you're allowing us to go forward and have deeper discussions about it because it really is an important topic for us to get through. president yee: vice president norton: this really is a -- it would be september 18. we as commissioner mendoza noted we have commissioner fewer's recommendation to take up at that meeting. would staff be ready to do the kind of -- i don't hear in my informal discussions with board members about this. i don't hear consensus. i f
is going to look like come the fall. we ask the staff to explore some of the questions that were brought up. last night to look at this more broadly and to really think about not only the proposal that was brought forward but what our intentions are for i.s.a. and how it connects to some of the -- just the larger picture of the school district. so our request is to have this heard at the next committee and again with the pressure of wanting to be able to work through this before the enrollment...
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i wanted to put something on your minds to take a look at. to invest in the people that live in bayview, not just the buildings. president moran: thank you. additional public comment? there is a long list of items cover in the package today. commissioners, any questions on the communications? commissioner caen: i would like to discuss the quarterly audits. very specifically, this has been ongoing for many years, it has to do with the real estate. mission valley, crystal springs golf course. it is coated here as a yellow. it means we are working on it. i want to make sure it is not read. for years, it has been read. -- been red. >> one of the benefits of coming before you every single quarter and showing our progress is it keeps our feet to the fire to make sure we're making progress. in the case of a number of the real-estate audits, the new real-estate director has been doing very good work in trying to bring them current. you will notice also a recent audits which was recently completed and there has been noted progress as well. he is a per
i wanted to put something on your minds to take a look at. to invest in the people that live in bayview, not just the buildings. president moran: thank you. additional public comment? there is a long list of items cover in the package today. commissioners, any questions on the communications? commissioner caen: i would like to discuss the quarterly audits. very specifically, this has been ongoing for many years, it has to do with the real estate. mission valley, crystal springs golf course. it...
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and that looks like in terms of a graphic -- we love our graphics so this is what it looks like. the challenged schools are the schools doing great. 900 api. they're rolling. they may have sub groups but doing well. benchmarks are doing almost as well and strategic schools need some support and intensive support schools are the schools if not for one or two sub groups or points could be part of the superintendent zone portfolio schools with the most difficult challenges and then of course the
and that looks like in terms of a graphic -- we love our graphics so this is what it looks like. the challenged schools are the schools doing great. 900 api. they're rolling. they may have sub groups but doing well. benchmarks are doing almost as well and strategic schools need some support and intensive support schools are the schools if not for one or two sub groups or points could be part of the superintendent zone portfolio schools with the most difficult challenges and then of course the
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we could look at which firms they used most recently. so, we could have a very open process, at least on the search, and have all the commissioners weigh in [speaker not understood]. that's my main concern. >> wow, is there any more discussion before i get into my monologue here? i'm sure i'll probably be asking questions we'll take from there. thank you, commissioner lee. >> since you're asking for opinions. i was on that commission as well with commissioner walker. i'm just thinking about the situation now with our department versus what it was i guess six years ago or something like that. the situation may be a little different and i'm not opposed to following that process, but i seem to recall it was a long process. and there are ways where we can shorten it, i think, that may be helpful. just because our department's situation now is not the same as it was six years ago where we were starting fresh, so to speak. so, that's my only opinion at this point. >> okay. well, thank you for that, commissioner lee. so, i concur and i think my
we could look at which firms they used most recently. so, we could have a very open process, at least on the search, and have all the commissioners weigh in [speaker not understood]. that's my main concern. >> wow, is there any more discussion before i get into my monologue here? i'm sure i'll probably be asking questions we'll take from there. thank you, commissioner lee. >> since you're asking for opinions. i was on that commission as well with commissioner walker. i'm just...
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i'm looking at another table. it's the next one. so yes. in the first year, you are right. 17 and the numbers i was giving you is the cumulative in the second year, which is the next slide. >> okay. >> 17 stores in the first year, 17 to 68 employees and you can see the impacts in other district as well. the thing i wanted to point out here is that this is assuming for each district that the store is located there. so this isn't a cumulative impact. it shows the worst effect or the biggest effect in the district where the store is located. and then as you go further out, the impact is lessened. in the case of district 10, probably some of the impact would be in san mateo county because if you go out four miles you are probably going to be crossing the border. but this table, again, is looking to each district independently and not a cumulative impact . >> mr. russeau that would lead to the loss of 1300 jobs and 321 smaller businesses potentially closing? when you break it down by district, district 6 if a big box wal-mart opened up, that mea
i'm looking at another table. it's the next one. so yes. in the first year, you are right. 17 and the numbers i was giving you is the cumulative in the second year, which is the next slide. >> okay. >> 17 stores in the first year, 17 to 68 employees and you can see the impacts in other district as well. the thing i wanted to point out here is that this is assuming for each district that the store is located there. so this isn't a cumulative impact. it shows the worst effect or the...
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actually we are on the 13th floor, looking down. all the girls and i myself was really amazed on the work. it gave them a bird's eye view. they were real excited, wow. oh, yeah. just looking and i explained it. this is the ground level. this is the foundation. this is where life starts. build your foundation. they were excited. entrance, okay. more photos. here i was walking on the job site and tell the women, all right, stay close. which they did. it was pretty fun. they were great. they got a feel of it. they were excited. we went to the trailer across the street. we had to get permission to get on the job site. all the girls came with me. i guess balfour beatty. no problem, okay. we are going to go across the street. just want to take a look. yeah, no problem. they were really good, they were really cooperative. there we are on the job site. you can see there is tina howard on the far left and sunny schwartz, she was probation department. she is fantastic. another one, cleo turner, she is in the back for the women and myself. it
actually we are on the 13th floor, looking down. all the girls and i myself was really amazed on the work. it gave them a bird's eye view. they were real excited, wow. oh, yeah. just looking and i explained it. this is the ground level. this is the foundation. this is where life starts. build your foundation. they were excited. entrance, okay. more photos. here i was walking on the job site and tell the women, all right, stay close. which they did. it was pretty fun. they were great. they got a...
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we look forward to having recommendations to bring back to you next spring. that is what i have in my report. >> first of all, on the busy, hopefully really busy weekend in october during the us open golf tournament, you took action in consultation with the taxicab companies to allow this and to operate during the golf tournament. are you planning to take similar action? >> i have not discussed this with the taxi services. the intra-agency planning for this includes the taxi staff. making sure taxies have access to the event. we have concern about the ticketing of taxies. >> i think that's great. we have to recognize that on days like this, taxis are a key part of our public transportation system and they should be encouraged to pick up and drop off at these events but not punished to do so. in addition if we make taxi service more available to the people at these events there will be greater demand and should work with the taxicab companies. i imagine there will be plenty of demand to go around and plenty of drivers who would like to work the shifts. also, i
we look forward to having recommendations to bring back to you next spring. that is what i have in my report. >> first of all, on the busy, hopefully really busy weekend in october during the us open golf tournament, you took action in consultation with the taxicab companies to allow this and to operate during the golf tournament. are you planning to take similar action? >> i have not discussed this with the taxi services. the intra-agency planning for this includes the taxi staff....
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i had one observation when i was looking on google street view and i'm sort of familiar with the area anyway but had to refresh myself because there are a number of smaller one storey or two storey buildings in here that don't meet the criteria under this particular district, but i hope don't get lost in the process here, and i'm sure if there are activities that come along, it will be caught through the environmental review process sxr the planning staff, so i just want to have people recognize that these aren't the only buildings that i think could possibly have historic significance in this same area and i'll go ahead -- what's the proper motion, move to recommend to the board of supervisors the approval of discontiguous marketplace. >> second. >> commissioner wu? >> i'm also supportive of the district, but being newer, i wanted to ask whether historic designation increases a property owner's cost to upkeep the building and whether or not that could be passed on to tenants? >> the cost to maintain a building should not be any different than they are currently and the rules and regu
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in looking at how to shorten schedule, we looked at activities related to planning and design. we looked at front end as well as back and activities in sequence a for the plant. we looked at shortening planning and design by six months, being very careful not to adversely impact the environmental and the ceqa review processes that we do not want to have a negative impact on. we also look at the construction sequencing and realize we could consolidate some of the construction packages and bring facilities on mind sooner. that resulted in a six-month reduction in construction as well, for a total of 18 months off of the overall project schedule. we are presently working with staff on efforts to prepare the environment and ceqa information as secretly as possible. -- as efficiently as possible. we're looking to get these priorities on line as quickly as possible and we will continue to expedite the schedule and those things needed for decision making. this would also include considering alternative delivery methods to further shortened schedules. an interesting schedule -- and int
in looking at how to shorten schedule, we looked at activities related to planning and design. we looked at front end as well as back and activities in sequence a for the plant. we looked at shortening planning and design by six months, being very careful not to adversely impact the environmental and the ceqa review processes that we do not want to have a negative impact on. we also look at the construction sequencing and realize we could consolidate some of the construction packages and bring...
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we will look at it more carefully. it looks like it is a tougher road to hoe. >> we are not getting the tax increment that people are paying. we're trying to work through with the city on where it is going. >> do we have guessed birth -- guest berths? >> good point. there is a guest dock that we want to monetize. america's cup boats, they are paying top dollar to use it. we will be vigilant in collecting as much money as we can. >> [inaudible] >> we cannot take public comment at the close. >> the renewable power options. if you could address that. >> the advocates, they talked about solar energy. it is on our list of things to do. alternative energy, wind energy, it is something we will look at in terms of power in the marina. the harbour office, we need to get the pros and there to look at it carefully. >> peter, you mentioned some of the requirements. are we in technical default today or not? >> boy, that is -- >> we would not want to say yes to that publicly. >> know. >> -- no. >> the requirement is 1.3 times revenu
we will look at it more carefully. it looks like it is a tougher road to hoe. >> we are not getting the tax increment that people are paying. we're trying to work through with the city on where it is going. >> do we have guessed birth -- guest berths? >> good point. there is a guest dock that we want to monetize. america's cup boats, they are paying top dollar to use it. we will be vigilant in collecting as much money as we can. >> [inaudible] >> we cannot take...